The Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King Jr.

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.
--Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech (PDF)Dec. 10, 1964.

I promised some people more backround information on the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s and more pictures and stories about Martin Luther King Jr. and I apologize for not posting more. Here, at least, are a few links:

Martin Luther King (also: "An unjust law is no law at all")
Martin Luther King a more complex overview

American Presidents